New York designer Sheila Bridges has a flair for creating highly original spaces and was recognized by the late and lamented Domino magazine (ciaò bella), back in 2007, with a feature on her country home.
The Bridges kitchen has several unique features, chief among them the “Harlem Toile de Jouy” wallpaper, a modernized print of her [...]

With mimosa designated as “color of the year” and catalogs arriving with yellow décor on the covers, it’s only natural to take a closer look at the way a bright mottled yellow is used in this kitchen by designer Linda Applewhite. Usually, color is defined by cabinets. Here, the big effect comes from using it [...]

The vintage feel of this yellow-walled kitchen bespeaks a European cottage — from the well-worn pine buffet with wooden knobs and gallery rail to a teal-blue upper cabinet that looks like the leftover part from a cut-down bead board hutch. While it may lack modern appliances (note the old oven set into the wall below [...]

Transitional is often used to describe a room that combines traditional and modern elements. In this yellow Signature kitchen, the short run of nut-brown wood cabinets under the sink windows strikes a conservative note while the full-wall back splash of 4 x 4 glazed white diagonal tiles sends a modern message. The style of the [...]

This yellow kitchen creates an old-world furniture look with a hutch like cabinet Siematic Clermont combo on the sink wall, footed base cabinets (no toe kick) and a farm sink set into a wood countertop that arcs up behind the faucet to create an integral backsplash. The English-style island is designed as a freestanding workbench. [...]

Yellow and white brocade-pattern wallpaper, used like paint, covers the walls and becomes an accent feature behind the open glassware storage shelves with Victorian bracket unit next to the pro-style range. The shelves have no back, which lets the wallpaper color shine through. Butter-yellow cabinets work as well as white for this cottage-kissed look. [...]